Chess Research
Salinas salutes its top high school graduates - The Salinas Californian
The Salinas Californian
The Salinas Californian
•School involvement: CSF, GATE, Link Crew, Chess Club, cross country, track and field. •Most memorable moment: 1) Going to Mt. SAC as a junior (The biggest invitational in the nation for high school cross country); 2) Making an AP English Literature ...
Can 'Mammoth Ivory' Put an End to the Slaughter of Endangered Elephants? - One Green Planet
One Green Planet
One Green Planet
Once sold, mammoth ivory is used to make a range of items including jewellery, knife handles, chess pieces and musical instrument components. ... As the mammoth remains are exposed, samples of their DNA are being used for de-extinction research.
Extreme athletes gain control through fear, and sometimes pay the price - The Conversation UK
The Conversation UK
The Conversation UK
Our research into extreme athletes shows this view is simplistic and wrong. It's about ... In other words, in everyday life they do not feel like the chess player of their life but more like the pawn on the chessboard – they feel emotionally ...
Former San Quentin prison chaplain discusses execution - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch
... at 59 percent, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. When the Rev. Earl Smith became chaplain of California's San Quentin State Prison in 1983, he was the youngest chaplain ever hired by the state. While there, he played chess with ...
What's Happening: 05/22 - Cecil Whig
Cecil Whig
CHESS TOURNAMENT, 9 to 9:45 a.m. registration at North East UMC Church, 308 South Main St., North East. USCF Membership Required. Entrance fee ... Benefits Research for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Any questions please call Pat Bowlsbey at ...
North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Monday Night Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Senior chessmaster Mikhail Perelsteyn will be teaching on Monday nights in the Children's Room each week for children 7 years and up. Beginning players ...
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Written by Patriot Staff - Barnstable Patriot
Barnstable Patriot
Osterville Village Library: May 29: 39th Annual OVL Golf Tournament at Wianno Golf Course. Registration at 11 a.m., tee off at 12:30 p.m. $200 includes lunch, cart dinner and prizes. $65 for dinner only, with music & auction. Osterville Library is ...
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City looking at Wing's Court upgrades - SouthCoastToday.com
SouthCoastToday.com
SouthCoastToday.com
Chess boards. More tables with umbrellas. Those are some of the amenities that would make Wing's Court more appealing to visitors and residents, according to informal research sponsored by the Office of Planning, Housing and Community Development.
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Charles Manson's chaplain speaks out amid national death row debate - National Catholic Reporter
National Catholic Reporter
National Catholic Reporter
Among Christians, white evangelicals are the group most likely to support capital punishment over life in prison, at 59 percent, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. When the Rev. Earl Smith became chaplain of California's San Quentin ...
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Paul Shaffer's retiring, too - The Chronicle Journal
The Chronicle Journal
There are not many people who can call Keith Richards and ask him to gig, but there at Shaffer's request and his side was the Stones' guitarist alongside one of their mutual heroes, Chuck Berry, at the Chess Records innovator's televised birthday party ...
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Q&A with a death row chaplain - Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Among Christians, white evangelicals are the group most likely to support capital punishment over life in prison, at 59 percent, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. When the Rev. Earl Smith became chaplain of California's San Quentin ...
Humans Out-Play an AI at Texas Hold 'Em—For Now - Wired
Wired
Wired
So hard, in fact, that AI researchers have been looking at poker since the 1990s. Today it's the most important benchmark in the field. Unlike chess, poker is a game of incomplete information—no player has all the available data. An algorithm capable ...
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How soon will robots take over the world? - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
There were reports last month that Chinese researchers had been gene-editing human embryos using a new technique called CRISPR, raising controversial ethical issues about “designer babies”. But more disquieting are the experiments at the University of ...
El Paso area signups - El Paso Times
El Paso Times
7th Annual Juliana's Angels of Faith: Tournament to benefit Rett Syndrome research is at 8 a.m. June 27 at Under Golf Complex on Fort Bliss. Registration from 7 to 8 a.m. .... Side events include blitz, chess clock and bughouse. $25 for rated and non ...
DC community calendar, May 21-28, 2015 - Washington Post
Washington Post
Chess for senior adults Learn the basic rules and strategies. 10 a.m. Woodridge Interim Library, 1790 Douglas St. NE. ... Also, a discussion of possible breakthroughs in medicinal plant research. Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays at noon except May 25, ...
Q&A with Charles Manson's prison chaplain - Deseret News
Deseret News
Deseret News
Among Christians, white evangelicals are the group most likely to support capital punishment over life in prison, at 59 percent, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. When the Rev. Earl Smith became chaplain of California's San Quentin ...
Q&A with Charles Manson's prison chaplainSalt Lake Tribune
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Q&A with Charles Manson's prison chaplain - Deseret News
Deseret News
Deseret News
Among Christians, white evangelicals are the group most likely to support capital punishment over life in prison, at 59 percent, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. When the Rev. Earl Smith became chaplain of California's San Quentin ...
Q&A with Charles Manson's prison chaplainSalt Lake Tribune
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What's Happening This Week - Cecil Whig
Cecil Whig
CHESS TOURNAMENT, 9 to 9:45 a.m. registration at North East UMC Church, 308 South Main St., North East. USCF Membership Required. Entrance fee $25. Prizes and refreshments. call ... Baked sale, white elephant, craft/vendor and flea market. 410-808-7914 ...
Q&A with Charles Manson's prison chaplain - Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
While there, he played chess with Charles Manson, negotiated truces between rival gangs and witnessed a dozen executions. In 2000, he was named National Correctional Chaplain of the Year, and he now serves as chaplain of the San Francisco 49ers and ...
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Suddenlink Deal by Altice Puts Foreign Spin on US Cable Upheaval - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
“We are in a very new and very different regulatory environment that is preventing the deal-making of U.S. companies and creating an interesting door for others to open,” said Rich Greenfield, a media analyst at BTIG Research. “This seems like a very ...
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